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Speak The Ocean Series

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Speak The Ocean (book 1)

Corporate tells the public the mermaids aren’t dangerous, but that’s a lie.

When the superpredator Mer kill another trainer, Finnegan Jarvis finally sees his opportunity to become a superstar trainer. No more scrubbing tanks and cleaning blood: he’s gonna be in front of the audience showing off his brand-new, fully-trained mermaid. If only he can get her to do the tricks she’s supposed to.

That mermaid is Erie, an ocean-princess ripped from her home when she pushes another Mer out of the way of the net. She doesn’t understand why she’s there, but she’s determined to learn air-words to find out.

While Finn trains Erie, she teaches herself air-words. And when she finally speaks, Finn breaks the number one rule at Oceanica: Never Humanize The Mer.

Now he’ll do whatever it takes to save her.

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See The Depths (book 2)

Finnegan Jarvis should be dead right now - drowned at the hands of the most vicious mermaid the landfolk have ever seen. He would be, if his girlfriend hadn't transformed him into a merfolk like herself. Now he's a fish, seeing the depths of the ocean, exploring the Seadom with Erie by his side. So why can't he stop thinking about the surface?

Being a superpredator isn't as magical as it initially seems. When Erie takes him hunting, the fish scream. When she tries to get physical, the alienness of his own body makes him pull away. And when the King finds out Finn's life has come at the price of Princess Clair's, Finn becomes a target not only of the King's wrath, but of nearly the entire Seadom.

Then the boats begin hunting Mer again. Finn realizes he has a choice to make: stay with Erie as a powerless Mer forever, or make the painful transformation back to human and stop them, losing her in the process.
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Seek The Shore (book 3)

Princess Erie has done the impossible: she’s transformed from a mermaid into a human. And no one, human or merfolk, knows how or why. It’s better than being dead in a net, though, and now she’s able to see the human world with her own eyes, instead of through a laptop screen on the other side of a fishtank wall. And there’s so much to see on this side of the shore.

She meets mermaid cosplayers, plays a real game of tag with the children who came to her show at Oceanica, and learns how to eat fish the human way (no biting the heads off). And the best part: her human boyfriend Finn refuses to leave her side. He no longer pulls away from her, or longs for the surface and his life as a human.

But below the surface, trouble brews as the King demands his daughter’s return, and her incompetent brother tries his best to land a blow the humans can’t ignore. As Erie delights in the human world and all it’s wonders, the merfolk grow more desperate to “save” her, resulting in an attack on the shore that gets more merfolk killed than humans.

Erie comes up with a plan to humanize her people and stop the bloodshed. But when the humans brazenly attack the Seadom, she must chose which side of the shore she’s on: human, or merfolk?

Find out what happens in this thrilling conclusion to the Speak The Ocean series!
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More about the series

You can find the Speak The Ocean series on Kindle & Kindle Unlimited.

Or at your local library!

Add it on Goodreads.

Or on Storygraph.

Can’t get enough Mer? Read the short story She’s Mine about Carbon and Hannah.

Aleda's Children Series

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The Nameless Warrior

Since her father's suspicious death eight summers ago, Kindra has trained to become her tribe's first woman warrior. Although she completes the whipping ceremony to prove her strength and make a blood-bond with the tribe, she fails to receive her warrior name. She's determined to earn her name in battle, but her plans change when the enemy Obsidian tribe claims her priestess sister as restitution for the last war. To Kindra's surprise and horror, the new chief allows them to take her sister.

Rumors widespread at her father's death are whispered in her ear once more. It was the new chief who poisoned her father, they say. It was the new chief who sold her sister to the enemy. It was the new chief - not the War God - who refused to grant her a warrior name. Although she didn't believe the rumors in the past, Kindra begins to doubt the chief.

When new evidence emerges, it threatens to place the entire tribe in the hands of the Obsidians. As the last living descendant of the War God, Kindra's the only one who can depose the chief and save her tribe, but it will mean giving up the quest to rescue her sister, and the hope of ever becoming a named warrior.

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Non-Fiction

Putting The Science In Fiction

Science and technology have starring roles in a wide range of genres—science fiction, fantasy, thriller, mystery, and more. Unfortunately, many depictions of technical subjects in literature, film, and television are pure fiction. Collecting articles from editor Dan Koboldt’s popular blog series for writers and fans of speculative fiction—plus a collection of never-before-published articles—Putting the Science in Fiction connects you to experts in the field. Scientists, engineers, medical professionals, and others share their insights in order to debunk the myths, correct the misconceptions, offer advice on getting the details right, and help writers create more realistic yet engaging stories to satisfy discerning readers.

This book helps writers:

  • Understand the basic principles of science, technology, and medicine frequently featured in fiction.
  • Avoid common pitfalls and inaccuracies to ensure technical veracity.
  • Write realistic and compelling scientific elements to captivate readers.
  • Brainstorm and develop new science- and technology-based story ideas.

Whether writing about mutant monsters, rogue viruses, giant spaceships, or even murders and espionage, Putting the Science in Fiction will have something to help every writer craft better fiction.

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